Tuesday, 10 January 2023

Aphorisms

Aphorisms teach the best life lessons. This is because they embody a general truth, or astute observations. And they often come with a pinch of humour, which makes them more appealing to the masses. Philosophers, sages, gurus and writers are remembered for their famous aphoristic statements.

Take an interest in aphorisms. Learn the life lessons therein. You will gain a lot of knowledge through them and also a deeper understanding of life.

You can start with today’s selection.

Desires makes slaves out of kings, and patience makes kings out of slaves. - Al- Ghazali

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in a prison. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Give a man everything he wants and at that moment, everything will not be everything. - Immanuel Kant

People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures. - F. M Alexander

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. - Socrates

No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same. - Viktor Frankl

It is easier for a man to burn down his own house than to get rid of his prejudices. - Roger Bacon

The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the second strongest is to resist it. - Kenneth Grahame

Knowledge isn’t free. You have to pay attention. - Unknown

Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light. - Thales

All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone. - Blaise Pascal

One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave – our own self. Get on good terms with that companion – learn to live with yourself. - Agatha Christie

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